Grants awarded recently by the Cornell Center for Social Sciences seeded research projects on topics ranging from COVID-19 and policing to clean energy and product design, led by scholars from across the university.
NEW YORK -- Two biofuel projects coordinated by Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) with support from the Northeast SUN Grant Center for Excellence at Cornell University will begin this summer in New York City. Their goal? A real-world assessment of the viability of biofuels both as a readily available resource and as a replacement fuel for heating buildings and powering diesel vehicles.
Former Chronicle writer Bill Steele '54, a mainstay of the local folk scene whose 1969 song "Garbage!" was popularized by Pete Seeger, died at his home Dec. 17, at age 86.
These case studies offer policymakers a better understanding of how regional food systems could bring healthier food to low-income people in the Northeast.
At the April 13 meeting of the Faculty Senate, university leaders and a graduate student organization seeking to unionize at Cornell discussed their negotiations in drafting rules of conduct.
For the first time, beckoning calls of endangered fin, humpback and North Atlantic right whales have been recorded in waters around New York City, according to Cornell experts. (Sept. 16, 2008)
Professor Emmanuel Giannelis has been named vice provost for research and vice president for technology transfer, intellectual property and research policy. His five-year appointment begins July 20.
The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology has awarded the Harvey Prize for outstanding efforts in the areas of science, technology, human health and peace to computer scientist Jon Kleinberg.